As I slowly build up V+V and coddle my little baby, feeding it slowly, watching them grow. I think back to August 2020. I was an “Essential Worker.” during the pandemic, whatever that means to you. There was a sense of exhaustion in the air. I think it still lingers.
The name Verdure and Venus came to me at the end of 2020. January I was chipping away at a website. February – October I was still chipping. Still sculpting. I hold things very close to my heart when I build, I don’t like other peoples energy in my projects until I am truly ready. I think I shared my project with 3 people. Even now I’ve only personally given the link to maybe 6 or 7 people, two of those being my partner and my mother.
When others peoples energy seeps in sometimes you’ll try and sculpt it to make it something they’ll like. But I’m building things that taste like me. Flavored with my soul. That requires my blood, sweat, and tears. However anemic, and salty they may be.
Now my “child” is officially a few months old, they’ve been metaphorically birthed. I’m starting to dress her, I don’t really know what my child should wear. Right now it feels they’re wearing like… little fox ear hats… I’m shit posting… this was my metaphor for shitposting. But eventually they are going to tell me what they want to be wearing, her color scheme and all that.
But for now I’m writing and posting from a state of rawness. My own art tends to be raw, and not something I share often. Mainly just with those I hold near. It’s ok to hold things near. It’s ok to let things grow organically, to be the person who disappears for 2 years and comes back on instagram with a baby. haha.
Speaking of Instagram, I am slowly making my way. But I am finding it painful. I am so sick of algorithms, people being forced to churn out “content” and perfectly curated feeds. Don’t get me wrong, they are nice to look at, but there has to be something more. We can’t ruin our attention spans doom scrolling, and binging on 7 second Tik Tok’s.
If you’ve found the Answer. Let me know. Other wise, for now I’ll be here and shit posting on instagram.
Happy New Moon.
V+V
Verdure and Venus 